Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
RAM DASSThe next message you need is always right where you are.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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There’s much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.
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If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
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Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.
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I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is here, and you will arrive now, so you stop asking.
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The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.
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Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.
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All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.
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The next message you need is always right where you are.
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Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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The dance goes from realizing that you’re separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.
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Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days. Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future. There is only here and now. Let it be.
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Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.
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